control. they are trying to clean up and put a tarp over the roof to stop more rain from coming inside the building. look at some of the video we shot when the fire started. it is a single alarm fire and crews got to the seen and they understand the call came if after 2:30 a.m. with no injuries reported and it is in the residential area a block from children's hospital. the building houses administration offices for children's hospital. the fire is considered "suspicious" because it started outside of the building. you can see the damage site still smells like smoke but i want you to see how close i am to the building next to me. crews did not want the fire to spread.

no more than 9' between the two building. oak fire is trying to put tarp on. the fire is out. they have searched for hotspots. they estimate this to be $75,000 in fire damage and will be closed for the next couple of days. thank you. a key player in the corruption scandal involving state senator yee is waking up in his own bed. keith jackson was released on $250,000 bond yesterday from jail. he was arrested last week along with senator yee and others in connection with the federal investigation. the complaint says jacksons with involved in drugs and weapons trafficking and murder if hire and a prosecutor is surprised the bill wasn't more. >> when a judge decides on bail most important factor is ties to the community, the likelihood to appear in curt, and danger to

the community. i can see the magistrate thinking he is a low flight risk and not a danger and has deep ties. having said that in light of the charges it is a low amount. >> jackson and senator yee will be in court on tuesday. >> first allegations of a hate crime and now a dozen san jose state r.a.'s fired and some say the two incidents are not connected to the hate crimes but some wonder. >> changes were unrelated to the hate crime incident. >> that statement is given to members from san jose state upper management about the mass firing. a line some on the special task force question. >> we are just told this is a concern for us. >> the group promises to look at the hate crime allegation made by an african person student in the fall but to give

recommendations to improve campus live. that student has filed a $5 million claim against the university and his r.a. >> the incident should not have happened and would not have happened if there were better training we recommend. >> the university will not reveal more of the firing because they involve personnel matters, speculation is running rampant. this student knows some of the fired r.a.'s. >> they have been given a week to find a different living situation. >> the university filled the vacant positions with r.a.'s that were to begin working in the fall. >> a cub scout leader faces child molestation charges, franklin lee was the leader of a troop and accused of several sex crimes against a cringe -- young

teen. he was removed from the boy scouts but do not think they are related to cutting. >> army official say the soldier behind a mass shooting at ft. hood saw a psychiatrist last month and showed no sign of likely violence to himself or others. the 34-year-old specialist, ivan lopez, killed three people before turning the gun on himself. there was a possible verbal altercation before the shooting. he never saw combat during a deployment to iraq and three of the 16 wounded people remain in serious condition but they are all expected to survive. >> members of california's search-and-rescue team are headed to the mudslide in washington state. the death toll from the mudslide north of seattle is up to 30 people, the latest identified victims is a 13-year-old boy, 15 people now are still missing. >> it is almost 4:35.

a new phase in the search for the missing malaysian jetliner, two ships are launching the underwater hunt if the plane or the black boxes. on board, detectors from the united states navy and underwater robot on hand to scour the ocean floor for signs of wreckage. the plane vanished in the indian ocean four weeks ago today. no injuries are damage reported from an earthquake in napa county at 3.7 earthquake struck at five miles east of yountville and lasted only a few seconds. >> new tolerates take effect on golden gate bridge up to $7 now, with fast track at $6 and $4 if you car pool with fast track. next year in july tolls increase each year by 25 cents a year

until 2018. this was a $142 million budget shortfall if they did not increase tolls. now the weather forecast. there were a couple of pretty good rain showers. >> they are out there. they will make for an interesting commute as we drive through the wet weather. it has been going on a week and a half. with all the rain, look what happened from last week to this week, the exceptional drought, the worst category grew and the extreme drought shrank a little. in the sierra they had a ton of snow that helped. the amazing amount of rain has still not helped the drought. the san mateo bridge shows it is raining. light-to-moderate rain from both sides whether you are at san mateo or hayward. through the morning, most of us

are touched by rain whether it is left over on the street or presently raining during the commute. temperatures are mild upper 40's to low 50's and this is more scattered headed to none at 4:00 when it will taper and temperatures hand around in the mid-50 and low 60's bay and inland and credit for most of us this evening with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's. be careful. talk to leyla gulen abut the commute. >> it will be wet and slippery. take it slow. give yourself extra time. try to telecommute if you can. we have an accident over the santa cruz mountains southbound direction at highway 17 at the summit blocking one lane. there are possible injuries involved. at san jose, the drive along 85 in the northbound direction we have two lanes blocked because of a crash and an early reported car fire on 680 around the

express way which now is out. it is not taking up any lanes and it appears all crews have live the scene. here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic moving lightly but, still, it is early. next, the birthday wish that gaining major momentum online and what this little boy is asking for and how you can help make it come true. >> a southern california man takes banana republic to court accusing them of lying to shoppers. >> the close encounter that forced the international space station to move out of the a

petaluma and antioch and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the san mateo bridge shows wet pavement there in addictive of what we are experience in a

scattered way throughout the bay area with more on the rain out there and when it is going away. >> this morning, investors are awaiting the march jobs report that will be released in an hour. it is predicted 191,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate will drop slightly to 6.6 percent. in february, it inched up to 6.7 percent. the slight increase was seen as a positive as more people entered the job market to look if work. >> san francisco-based banana republic is facing a lawsuit over deceptive advertising. the retailer is accused of luring customers in claiming everything is on sale when only certain items are. a man says 40 percent off outside a store did fought apply to the items he wanted to apply and he is suing for $10 million. he wants to build this into a class action case. a spokesman says that the company does not comment on pending litigation. >> possible presidential candidate hillary clinton plans

to visit the bay area next week, the former secretary of state took part in the women in the world summit in new york last night and has been on the lookture circuit since leaving the obama administration last year. she says excessive partnership in the political system is taking the united states backwards and is scheduled to speak at the san jose state event center on thursday. good news for a family whose pug was stolen over the weekend. the little miley, a therapy dog for 19-year-old olivia, has been found. the dog was stillen on sunday as she was on a walk. according to the family, someone turned this dog in to the spca and workers saw the story an abc7 news and reunited miley with her family. video games and toys and a party is what a kid usually wants if a birthday but a local boy asked for hand written birthday cards, 100 to be exact. abc7 news reporter shares why and why you can make the wish

come true. >> given every color devin montoya's favorite is blue, using that color to draw the sky and create the wind. but his family is new to the travis air force base. >> when you cannot hear is it tough to make friends? >> kind of tough. >> devin montoya is six in a now days, so his mom asked what he wanted? >> i said have you thought? >> he said, yes, i want 100 birthday cards and i said, 100? i don't know how i will get that done but i said can i get you 100, and he said no, from different people. >> if i get 100 new friends. >> he wants someone to swing with, what can do monkey bars and maybe someone who likes to color. >> definite was just born just to love people. >> someone dropped off this card in the mailbox today and jessica is hoping to get 99 more by his

birthday party on april 13th. ought message doesn't have to be much: happy birthday to devin montoya. >> it is the smile of a listenly boy opening a stack of cards that would be so powerful. at travis air force base for abc7 news. >> the story has already received more than 4,300 "likes" online. if you like to wish this boy a happy birthday go to facebook or abc7news.com to find out how to send him a card. >> and how could you possibly resist that face? >> thinking the same thing. >> happy birthday! >> and now the forecast with scattered rain. >> some of it is heavy around the central part of the bay and i will show you that on live doppler 7 hd. it is back. a last push, the wet weather, and it is causing reduces visibility and we are tracking that with live doppler 7 hd at 2.5 miles at napa and we will

probably have flight arrival delays in. that is an hour and 15 minutes away before we will learn. the subset district john daily boulevard through daly city and colma, pacifica, getting wet weather. same with oakland and piedmont headed to alameda and san leandro and you can see in redwood city and to palo alto and menlo park and open woodside and jefferson lane, all getting light-to-moderate rain. it is 46 in wood side and low-to-mid 50's for the rest of the peninsula and we are wet. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40's san rafael, santa rosa, napa, san ramon, fairly, everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's. this is how it look on the embarcadero from the roof you can see how steady the rain is and how it is filling the grandfathers along the embarcadero so hydro planing is

a possibility as we pond on the roads. the rain this morning is more steady, more wide-spread rain, we are scattered toward the mid-morning into the mid-afternoon with increasing sunshine and warmth this weekend and now we are going to have an extended period without rain. we can go a couple of week without a good soaking. the temperatures today, do they look like yesterday? that is cause they will be, low-to-mid 50's. tonight, everything unwinds and we will have scattered fog developing and low-to-mid 40's inland and mid-40's to upper 40's an the bay shore and to the coast is cooler than this morning. as far as scattered showers moving into the afternoon hours by the evening commute it will taper and by the evening it will be gone and some isolated areas

could get a little bit with a heavier shower. the seven-day forecast shows warming trend tomorrow. baby steps and become to average and anyone we just eight degrees on sunday. you can see the 70's and 80's for monday and tuesday. a lit dip in temperatures on wednesday interest thursday but, still, before average all seven days of the forecast. >> c.h.p. is reporting what you saids bonding on the roadways with flooding in marin county and over 101 you can see this certainly is covered in rain if this area and we have flooding in that area so away from 580 northbound and southbound at green bay and toward larks spur and to the south, be careful. you want to say in the middle lanes which is the best way to get around hydroplaneing and being stuck in the big puddles.

in the south bay, no lanes were blocked. well, the fire lane is on the scene and they have blocked one lane. the drive through walnut creek right now, southbound side, we have light conditions right now. we hope it stays that way. just slow down the speed. on the san mateo bridge, there is a high-rise, so, lights are out. >> watch abc is available to dish cuss tops who-- customers d want to watch online and on smart phones and tablets. you can search watch abc in your app store. to download the app and watch your favorite shows live or on demand on the mobile device. >> there is so up junk in orbit that the international space station made another detour. yesterday if the second time if three weeks, astronauts had to

fire up the station's thrusters and move out of the way of old rocket debris. march 16, they had to dodge parts of a russian weather satellite. without the maneuver the debris with have missed the station by 1,000 feet. >> and a sky diver's almost deadly encounter 5,000 feet in the year. >> and the growing danger e-cigarettes can pose to those who do not smoke. >> you can own some tiffany masterpiece

police could have a new tool to bus solo drivers who sneak into car pool. xerox is working on new technology to catch violators with a camera that captures an image of occupants and the

license plate. xerox can count how many are in the car with 75 percent accuracy at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. it can issue citations automatically as long as the law allows it. >> redwood city police say the new social media efforts to return stolen items to the rightful owners are paying off. someone saw this and claimed it 20 years after it was stolen from a san jose home and the charm and other pieces of jewelry were found back in february at a traffic stop. miss have posted pictures of the other recovered items on a website. in floridian 80-year-old could have her sweet tooth to thank for saving her life. a car narrowly missed hitting her when it crashed through the front of a pharmacy in florida. she just moved failure seconds before so reach if a king sized chocolate bar when the car slammed through the store. it knocked her to the ground but

they escaped with only a few bumps and bruises. the 84-year-old driver accelerated for unknown reasons moments after backing out of a packing space and hitting a pickup truck. and this camera shows a meet your eight nearly hitting a skydiver. a group of skydivers shared the video of a jump with a natural history museum and experts are convinced this was a meteorite the first time one has been filmed during a dark flight the portion of the descent after it slows down and stops glowing. >> they thought maybe it was going 300 miles per hour. >> mike, that could be dangerous? >> i could have been hurt very badly.

>> good morning,ed mariners and the a's tonight but the wet weather will be over by 7:05 but it will be cool and dropping down to 51 degrees and sun will set at 7:35. across the state you can see the moisture moving ashore and pushing into the sierra with scattered snow showers in lake tahoe and in the mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley and mostly dry to the south and mid-to-upper 60's in san diego and los angeles. for lake tahoe, light snow today and it is off to the races, mid-60's by monday. >> flooding on the roadways could be very serious if you are driving through marin county taking you over to 101 at lucky drive we have flood on the roadway there so with the heavy rainfall and the potholes

because you cannot see them when they fill up and you slam into them. in san jose we have a car fire southbound 680 at the express way and further to the south highway 17, southbound stevens creek boulevard, lumber is in all the lanes so c.h.p. will need to come out. eric and katie marzullo? >> a new report fines that electronic cigarettes can pose a serious danger even if you are not smoking them, with more calling poison control centers to report health problems with e-cigarettes from one call a month in 2010 to 200 call as month in february of this year. half of the calls service children under the age of five. officials say the problem is with the liquid nicotine in the e-cigarettes and if it is released it can cause injury to

the eyes or skin. >> millions in california are without health insurance with 1.2 million signed up as of this week and that almost meets the obama administration target of 1.3 million for the state but researchers at uc berkeley say there are still between 3.7 and 4.5 million uninsured including undocumented, withers who do not qualify. >> post office has a black and white picture of harvey milk with colors of gay pride rain bay in the left. he was the first openly gay personnel elected to public office in california and was assassinated the following year. the stall will be unveiled may 22nd, an harvey milk day in san francisco or in washington, dc.

and in alameda, 95 give any masterpieces are on display starting this afternoon and last through the weekend. the latches and trays and other pieces come from japan's garden museum and several private collections. >> it is an amazing opportunity for people to come and see a collection of tiffany they would normally only see if a museum show where they would have to stand in line if hours and pay admission. >> the sale starts april 12. many items are expected to bring between $250,000 and $300,000. this is on the grounds of the old alameda naval air station. >> the bay area is weighing up to a soggy morning. >> we following breaking news in oakland, the scene of an early morning fire that is called "suspicious." >> new details in a shooting in the east bay involving federal agents who are forced to open fire on two

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